Even though there is snow everywhere and overnight frosts I
can’t wait for spring migration to start so I took a trip to Aurskog-Høland
today. I was expecting snow covered fields but thought there might be some
areas of bare earth where I could find a few birds (this time last year there was
lots of life there). Well I shouldn’t have bothered – there was so much snow
that it will probably be a couple of weeks until the thaw starts but with so
much snow there is likely to be extensive flooding on the fields which will
attract lots of birds.
I also checked out Årnestangen but apart from a few Whooper
Swans there was nothing to see and I just need to calm myself down a bit and
accept that this year will be a far later spring than the last two years.
No bird pictures today so I'll just set the scene.
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| these fields had already held Bean Geese by this time last year. |
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| and here there were Whooper Swans and Cranes |
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| looking out over Snekkervika towards Årnestangen - will be a while before there are any waterfowl here |
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